简介:WithintheATLASexperimentTrigger/DAQandDCSarebothlogicallyandphysicallyseparated.Neverthelessthereisaneedtocommunicate.TheinitialproblemdefinitionandanalysissuggestedthreesubsystemstheTrigger/DAQDCSCommunication(DDC)projectshouldsupporttheabilityto:1.exchangedatabetweenTrigger/DAQandDCS;2.sendalarmmessagesfromDCStoTrigger/DAQ;3.issuecommandstoDCSfromTrigger/DAQ.Eachsubsystemisdevelopedandimplementedindependentlyusingacommonsoftwareinfrastructure.AmongthevarioussubsystemsoftheATLASTrigger/DAQtheOnlineisresponsibleforthecontrolandconfiguration.Itistheglueconnectingthedifferentsystemssuchasdataflow.level1andhigh-leveltriggers.TheDDCusesthevariousOnlinecomponentsasaninterfacepointontheTrigger/DAQsidewiththePVSSIISCADAsystemontheDCSsideandaddressesissuessuchaspartitioning,timestamps,eventnumbers,hierarchy,authorizationandsecurity,PVSSIIisacommercialproductchosenbyCERNtobetheSCADAsystemforallLHCexperiments,ItsAPIprovidesfullaccesstoitsdatabase,whichissufficienttoimplementthe3subsystemsoftheDDCsoftware,TheDDCprojectadoptedtheOnlineSoftwareProcess,whichrecommendsabasicsoftwarelife-cycle:problemstatement,analysis,design,implementationandtesting.Eachphaseresultsinacorrespondingdocumentorinthecaseoftheimplementationandtesting,apieceofcode,InspectionandreviewtakeamajorroleintheOnlinesoftwareprocess,TheDDCdocumentshavebeeninspectedtodetectflawsandresultedinaimprovedquality.AfirstprototypeoftheDDCisreadyandforeseentobeusedatthetest-beamduringsummer2001.
简介:TheALICETriggerandDataAcquisition(TRG/DAQ)Systemisrequiredtosupportanaggregateeventbuildingbandwidthofupto4GByte/sandastoragecapabilityofupto1.25GByte/stomassstorage.Thesystemhasbeendecomposedinasetofhardwareandsoftwarecomponentsandprototypesofthesecomponentsarebeingdeveloped.Itisnecessarytoveritythesystemdesign,itscapabilitytoreachtheexpectedbehaviorandthetargetperformances,discoverpossiblebottlenecksandwaystocorrectforthem,andexplorealternativealgorithmsandnewarchitectures.ToachievethisthecompleteTRG/DAQsystemhasbeenformallyspecified.andtheverificationoftheexpectedbehaviorhasbeenperformedthroughtheexecutionofthespecification,Twotoolswereusedforthis.Foresight,andPtolemy.
简介:TheARGO-YBJexperimentispresentlyunderconstructionattheYangbaijinghighAltitudeComsmicRayLaboratory(4300ma.s.l).90KmNorthtoLhasa(Tibet,peolpl'sRepublicofChina)ARGO-YBJwillstudyfundamentalissuesincosmicrayandastroparticlephysicsbydetectingsmallsizeairshowers.Thedetectorcovers-71×74squaremeterswithasinglelayerofresistivePlateCounters(RPCs),surroundedbyaguardringpartiallyinstrumented.Anevent-drivendatacollectionschemeisimplementedbyusingacustombusprotocol./Keyfeaturesofthisarchitectureareblock-orienteddatatransferandread-outcycleslabeledbytriggernumber,HardwareenginesinbothmasterandDAQboardshandlebustransactionsandprovideeventbuilingcapability,achievingreal-timedataprocessingwithnosoftwareoverhead.InthispaperwepresentthehardwaredesignoftheARGOexperiment'sDAQwhichbenefitsfromtheflexiblearchitectureofin-systemreconfigurableFPGAs.Thedataacquistitionboardsspecificallydevelopedforthisapplicationwillbedescribed.
简介:TheneutronTimeOfFlight(nTOF)facilityatCERNisahighfluxspallationneutronsourcecommissionedinNov2000andAPr2001.ForthecommissioningphasesaninnovativemultipurposeDAQsystemwasdevelopedandused.Thissystemiscapableofhandlinghighdatarated(10Mb/s)withtheuseoftheNationalInstrumentsPCI-VXIinterfaceboardtocommunicatewiththeVMEcrates.ThegraphicaluserinterfaceisbasedonJava^TMandROOTallowingimmediatevisualizationofthedataandprovidingaflexiblewayofcreatingconfigurationsforvariousexperimentalsetups.
简介:TheFermilabCKM(E921)experimentstudiesararekaondecaywhichhasaverysmallbranchingratioandcanbeveryhardtoseparatefrombackgroundprocesses.AtriggerandDAQsystemisrequiredtocollectoallnecessaryunformationforbackgroundrejectionandtomaintainhighreliabilityathighbeamrate.Theuniquechallengeshaveemphasizedthefollowingguidingconcepts:(1)Collectingbackgroundisasimportantascollectinggoodevents.(2)ADAQ"event"shouldnotbejusta"snapshot"ofthedetector.Itshouldbeashorthistoryrecordofthedetectoraroundthecandidateevent.Thehithistoryprovidesinformationtounderstandtemporarydetectorblindness,whichisextremelyimportanttotheCKMexperiment.(3)Themainpurposeofthetriggersystemshouldnotbe"knockingdowntriggerrate"or"throwingoutgarbageevents".Instead,itshouldclassifytheeventsandselectappropriatedatacollectingstraegiesamongvariouspredefinedonesforthegiventypesoftheevents.Thefollowingmethodologiesareepmployedinthearchitecturetofulfilltheexperimentrequirementswithoutconfrontingunnecessarytechnicaldifficulties.(1)Continuousdigitizationnearthedetectorelementsisutilizedtopreservethedataquality.(2)Theconceptofminimumsynchronizationisadoptedtoeliminatetheneedsoftimematchingsignalpaths.(3)Agloballevel1triggerperformscoincidentandvetofunctionsusingdigitaltiminginformationtoavoidproblemsduetosignaldegradinginlongcalbes.(4)TheDAQlogicallowstocollectchroniclerecordsaroundtheinterestingeventswithdifferentlevelsofdetailofADCinformation,sothatverylowenergyparticlesinthevetosystemscanbebestdetected.(5)Are-programmablehardwaretrigger(L2.5)andasoftwaretrigger(L3)sittingintheDAQstreamareplannedtoperformdataselectionfunctioinsbasedonfulldetectordatawithadjustability.
简介:摘 要:虚拟仪器是计算机辅助测试领域的一项重要技术,它将计算机硬件、仪器硬件、软件三者有效结合。虚拟仪器技术利用高性能模块化硬件,结合高效灵活的软件来完成各种测试、测量和自动化应用。虚拟仪器技术性能高、扩展性强、开发时间短、集成高效出色,PC-DAQ虚拟仪器系统是构成VI的最基本的方式,也是最廉价的方式。本文介绍了PC-DAQ(Data Acquisition)系统虚拟仪器系统设计基本流程。
简介:TheOnlineBook-keeper(OBK)wasdevelopedtokeeptrackofpastdatatakingactivity,aswellasprovidingthehardwareandsoftwareconditionsduringphysicsdatatakingtothescientistsdoingofflineanalysis.TheapproachadoptedtobuildtheOBKwastodevelopaseriesofprototypes,experlimentingandcomparingdifferentDBMSsystemsfordatastorage,Inthispaperwedescribetheimplementedprototypes,analysetheirdifferentcharacteristicsandpresenttheresultsobtainedusingacommonsetoftests.
简介:AspresentedatthelastCHEPconference,theBTeVtriggeringanddatacollectionposeasignificantchallengeinconstructionandoperation,generating1.5Terabytes/secondofrawdatafromover30milliondetectorchannels.WereportonfacetsoftheDAQandtriggerfarms.WereportonthecurrentdesignoftheDAQ,especiallyitspartitioningfeaturestosupportcommissioningofthedetector.Weareexploringcollaborationswithcomputersciencegroupsexperiencedinfaulttolerantanddynamicreal-timeandembeddedsystemstodevelopasystemtoprovidetheextremeflexibilityandhighavailabilityrequiredoftheheterogeneoustriggerfarm(-tenthousandDSPsandcommodityprocessors).Wedescribedirectionsinthefollowingareas:systemmodelingandanalysisusingtheModelIntegratedComputingapproachtoassistinthecreationofdomain-specificmodeling,analysis,andprogramsynthesisenvironmentsforbuildingcomplex,large-scalecomputer-basedsystems;SystemConfigurationManagementtoincludecompileabledesignspecificationsforconfigurablehardwarecomponents,schedules,andcommunicationmaps.RuntimeEnvironmentandHierarchicalFaultDetection/Management-asystem-wideinfrastructureforrapidlydetecting,isolating,filtering,andreportingfaultswhichwillbeencapsulatedinintelligentactiveentites(agents)torunonDSPs,L2/3processors,andothersupportingprocessorsthroughoutthesystem.
简介:摘要:通过基于研华DAQ板卡的开发平台,完成了多路模拟切换器、解码电路和阻抗检测电路的设计,为汽车线束检测系统搭建了一个良好的硬件平台,通过检测软件送入不同的值给硬件的数据采集卡的数字I/O来选择被测点,然后再从每一个回路中读取电压信号,把电压信号送入计算机,由检测软件进行分析、处理、显示,使硬件系统其能够成为LabVIEW软件应用开发的平台。